Cody Robert Simpson was born in Gold Coast, Queensland to parents, Angie and Brad Simpson, on 11 January, 1997. Simpson began to record songs in his bedroom during the summer of 2009 on YouTube, performing"I'm Yours" by Jason Mraz,"Cry Me a River" and"Se?orita" by Justin Timberlake,"I Want You Back" by the Jackson, and his own songs,"One and"Perfect. He was subsequently discovered on YouTube by Shawn Campbell, a Grammy-nominated record producer who has produced for Jay-Z and other artists.